Best Mixology UK Podcasts (2024)

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep. 182- We Highlight Some of the Best and Brightest 1:20:25

3h ago1:20:25

1:20:25

JD and Denise are spotlighting some of the best, funniest, brightest, most informative shows over the last few years and talk about the guests and their impact on our LGBTQIA community. They also give you the episode numbers for easy re-watching and listening as well as talking a little about the behind the scenes way they function as a team in get…

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#76, Natasha Bahrami, The Gin Girl, The Gin Parlor (St. Louis, MIssouri), Gin World festivals (everywhere), member The Gin Guild 1:19:14

3h ago1:19:14

1:19:14

I've known Natasha for ages and it's no exaggeration to say she's changed the landscape of gin consumption in her native Missouri, and indeed in the wider USA as well. Much as Julio Bermejo built a dedicated band of fanatics drinking 100% Blue Agave tequila at Tommy's, a suburb of San Francisco, Natasha did the same with gin, in her family's restau…

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#75 Zev Glesta, spirits specialist Sotheby's New York, ex-bartender at The Modern, The Fat Duck/Dinner 1:47:20

2h ago1:47:20

1:47:20

Zev's had one of the most interesting career arcs of any bartender I know, but when we finally sat down to tape an episode, it turned out to have even more twists and turns than I thought! From Brooklyn to Melbourne to Montreal and back to NY, and from bartending for Heston Blumenthal Down Under to manning the shakers in the Meyerverse* that is Uni…

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep 181- The ladies of "Fishy" the Lesbian Short Film 57:05

9h ago57:05

57:05

Denise and JD talk with writer, director Nicole de Menses and actor, comic Jackie Monahan about their short film "Fishy", the story of lonely marine biologist who falls for a mermaid. They discuss what it takes to make a short film, how the idea evolved, and a bunch of other things including the script and the cast. It's screening right now, online…

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep 180- The Q Review Has Got Queer Music For You 1:24:35

2h ago1:24:35

1:24:35

Denise and JD welcome Kenney Fitzpatrick from Halifax, Canada, a queer radio show and podcast host who curates music from queer artists from around the globe. Kenney's passion for getting these queer artists heard is insatiable, giving them a platform on both the community radio station he works at and his Q Review podcast that's available from a n…

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#74, Anna Sebastian, UK-based hospitality consultant, founder of #CelebrateHer, ending homelessness with @underonesky 2:06:58

7d ago2:06:58

2:06:58

Anna is brilliant and this episode - taped partly in a hotel lobby in London, and then on Zoom - is just like having a drink with her, which is always great. She's not afraid to say the things others won't, and her goal is to elevate anyone she works with, and especially to make bars better and get more women to embrace hospitality as a career opti…

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#73, Ago Perrone, Director of Mixology, The Connaught, co-author, The Connaught Bar book 1:20:23

5d ago1:20:23

1:20:23

Well, I've know Agostino since he was a fresh-faced young buck at Montgomery Place, one of London's best cocktail bars back in the day. I remember when he moved to take the reins at the Connaught when it reopened, and the dream opening duo that was him and Erik Lorincz. In the sixteen years since, Ago built a core around him with stunning professio…

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep. 179 -Lez Go Travel is taking you all over the globe! 52:20

8d ago52:20

52:20

Denise and JD welcome back filmmaker Christin Baker and her fiancé Stacey who started Lez Go Travel last year, traveling all over the globe to highlight lesbian owned and operated businesses, venues, events and hot spots for women. Talking with owners and locals, they dig into the need for these spaces and how they came about. Following them on Ins…

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The Rainbow Remix-Ep. 178- The Lovely Ladies of our Pride 2024 series 1:10:48

11d ago1:10:48

1:10:48

It's a Best Of moment, with a few of our favourite lady guests: Jill Bennett discussing FairPlay Films, her micro budget production company that could change the Hollywood eco system, and re-shape filmmaking for queer indie industry people. Kelly Perez launched a cool initiative selling koala graphics at Queer Koalas that act like a membership for …

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#72 Benji Cavagna, partner, Farmily Bars Group (Milan), co-founder, Bitter Fusetti 1:36:19

12d ago1:36:19

1:36:19

Benji (whose actual name is Fabio), is a friend, and a tremendous host even among his fellow Italian bartenders, which is really saying something. After studing philosophy and being a professional soccer player (!), Benji went into bartending and is now a partner in the Farmily hospitality group that includes 1930 Bar, MAG Cafe and Tripstillery, al…

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#71, David Thomas Tao, Kentuckian, whisky writer, fitness commentator (!), voiceover actor, theatre investor 2:26:31

17d ago2:26:31

2:26:31

I kept bumping into David at events (like Philip Duff Show stalwart Tony Sach's regular get-togethers for writers and other waifs and strays) and he was always good fun to chat with, so me and him sat down in a shady spot inside Central Park* on a hot-as-balls day, on camp chairs, with a nearby wheelie cooler bag full of ice cold Negra Modelo beers…

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep 177- Suzi Foxx on The VERY Important Upcoming UK Election 1:09:00

21d ago1:09:00

1:09:00

Denise and JD meet up with Suzi Foxx, owner of The Rainbow Stores and very active trans awareness & rights advocate. With the upcoming UK election happening on July 4, she explains what's at stake, reading from the Tories manifesto, she points out that LGBTQ rights, trans healthcare, many programs and services could be taken away among some other i…

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep. 176- Meet Kiowa Catlin: Musician, Survivor, Trans Man 1:35:31

1M ago1:35:31

1:35:31

We caught up with Terri "Kiowa" Catlin, a musician with story that will blow you away. Kiowa was given up for adoption, put in abusive foster homes, ran away at 14, lived on the mean streets of Flint, Michigan before finding his way to South Florida, and through it all, the love of music saved him. Self taught on an array of instruments, some lesso…

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#70, Gegam Kazarian, founder Yerevan Cocktail Week, Magika Cordials, champion bartender, renaisssance man 1:27:50

26d ago1:27:50

1:27:50

What to say about my old mate Gegam Kazarian? In his native Armenia, he studied biochemistry, then floral design, then silversmithing, started bartending, followed his passion for Spanish classical guitar by emigrating to Spain, started several bars and a mixology lab, won the Havana Club Rum European championships, the G'Vine Gin Connoisseur Progr…

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#69 (nice!), Shannon Mustipher, tropical drinks guru, bartender, author, consultant 1:24:19

1M ago1:24:19

1:24:19

Shannon, a Charleston native, is a powerhouse: an artist who left art due to its restrictions, a New York City bartender who championed rum when no-one cared about it (spoiler: a lot of people still don't care), the award-winning author of "Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails" and a consultant and ambassador for brands including Denizen Rum, Privateer …

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep. 175- Pride Month Flick Picks With Aria Velz! 50:03

2M ago50:03

50:03

We talk about what we're all watching including TV and movies during Pride Month 2024 and why. Aria tells us about some interesting choices and we ask if she actually watches things that her vast fan base recommend. To watch on our YouTube Channel, click this link.By The Rainbow Remix

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep. 174 - We're Learning About Queer Art & Artists with Nic 1:19:05

2M ago1:19:05

1:19:05

Denise and JD have Birthday Boy Nic Austin on the show today who explains and introduces some of the featured queer art and artists, creators for ThePrideStore dot com. This is definitely a show to view on our YouTube Channel (click the link), because Nic shares pictures of the prints, clothing and more with us while sharing the stories behind them…

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#68 Jim Meehan, award-winning mixologist, bartender, author and consultant 2:06:11

1M ago2:06:11

2:06:11

Me and Jim met in 2006, when he entered the Bols 200 contest I organised, and I dropped by Pegu Club to see him next time I was in New York (I was living in Holland at the time). He went on to open PDT (Please Don't Tell) in 2007, which almost immediately became the most famous cocktail bar in the world (and also served the best hot dogs to be had …

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The Rainbow Remix - Ep. 173- Let's Get Lesbian Bars and Queer Spaces Back 1:00:19

2M ago1:00:19

1:00:19

JD and Denise speak with Kelly Perez, who's created a crowd funding project featuring Queer Koalas, little personalised NFT's that you buy from the Queer Koalas website and act as a key to unlock benefits and more- and the money raised goes directly into making lesbian/queer safe spaces around L.A. To watch this conversation and learn more, click t…

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#67, Robb Jones, owner, Meteor bar, Minneapolis 1:09:35

2M ago1:09:35

1:09:35

Robb's been a mate for a long time - I think we met when he was a Tales of the Cocktail Cocktail Apprentice (CAP) - and the first event we ever did after I launched Old Duff Genever in Minnesota was at his bar, Meteor, which he opened in late 2019. Timing, eh! Robb and his business partners and staff weathered the madness of the 'rona, and recently…

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep. 172- Jill Bennett Has a New Way of Filmmaking 59:01

2M ago59:01

59:01

While Denise was in South Florida, she and JD caught up with actor, producer, writer Jill Bennett who was just days away from heading to Cannes Film Fest as her and her wife Lauren Neal found out that their film "Under The Influencer" was one of only five films invited to screen at the Queer Mardi Gras fest at Cannes. Jill explains why her producti…

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#66, Negotiation Book Club with Bianca Grisolia, BG Communication, Barcelona 1:30:05

2M ago1:30:05

1:30:05

Another first for the Philip Duff Show! Bianca, a Barcelona-based PR maestra, is a good friend and we were chatting about all sorts of things during the recent Paradiso Sustainability Summit* in Barcelona, and it turned out we both were interested in the practice and study of negotiation. So, we agreed she’d read a book on the topic that I recommen…

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#65, Linden Pride, co-owner Caffe Dante, Dante West Village & Dante Beverly Hills 1:20:57

2M ago1:20:57

1:20:57

What to say about my mate Linden? He built Caffe Dante, already a decades-old fixture in New York, into the #1 rated on the World's 50 Best Bars list, then opened Dante West Village in the teeth of the COVID pandemic, and recently opened Dante in the Maybourne Hotel in Beverly Hills. We talk about his origin story in Australia - I didn't know he wa…

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The Rainbow Remix - Ep. 171 -Featuring Take Pride Barber Shop from Portland OR 33:37

3M ago33:37

33:37

While JD struggles with technology, Denise talks with KenzyLee, the owner of Take Pride Barber shop from Portland, Oregon that welcomes everyone, celebrates your queerness, specialises in trans men's hair cuts, styles, beards, shaves and facials. We talk about the importance it holds for the community and why. To watch this on our YouTube Channel, …

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#64, Mark Reynier, founder of Waterford Whisky, Renegade Rum and former owner of Bruichladdich 1:47:12

2M ago1:47:12

1:47:12

Mark is one of the most interesting people you could meet in the liquor business; drawing on his and his father's experiences importing and selling fine wines in his native England, he applied the logic of terroir to spirits, starting back in 2000 when he led a consortium of investors who bought the mothballed Bruichladdich distillery. Mark and the…

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep. 170- Lez Go Travel with Christin and Stacey! 26:03

3M ago26:03

26:03

With JD off at the "Heart" concert, Denise welcomes Christin Baker and her wife Stacey to the show to talk about their newest project called "The Lez Go Travel Show" while they are visiting South Florida. They'll be traveling all over the world and show casing the lesbian communities in places like New Orleans, Barcelona, Florida -to name a few. Th…

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#63, Ciaran Smith, founder, The Bottle Cocktail Shop (London), former award-winning cocktail bar owner & hotel executive 2:04:31

3M ago2:04:31

2:04:31

He was a bit knackered because he just got back from consulting on a banqueting event in the Middle East, but London-based Tallaght* bowsie Ciaran Smith brought the heat in this episode, from supplying me with one of his Bottle Cocktail Shop spicy margaritas all the way from London (plus a bottled negroni, and very tasty they both were too), to giv…

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep 169- We're Talking Queer Art, Queer Film and Gossip 1:01:14

3M ago1:01:14

1:01:14

JD and Denise have Nic Austin with them as they talk about Nic's work, Queer Art, Queer Film and they gossip about the Queer Eye scandals of late. To watch this show on our YouTube Channel, click this link.By The Rainbow Remix

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#62, Nick Papanicolaou, founder No Sleep Beverage liquor incubator, former mergers & acquisitions at Pernod-Ricard USA 1:45:51

3M ago1:45:51

1:45:51

UPDATE SUNDAY 28 April - fixed the audio, which cut out at 15mins on Friday & Saturday. The full 1 hour 45min session is now live! Nick Papanicolaou just founded No Sleep Beverage, an innovative incubator taking minority investments in liquor brands in order to add value by combining his own entrepreneurial experience with big-company expertise, in…

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep. 168- Scott Galvin from Safe Schools Florida is Here 49:26

3M ago49:26

49:26

JD and Denise welcome Scott Galvin the director of Safe Schools Florida, an initiative that started years ago to help teachers and students in the South Florida school system learn and grow with GSA's and talks about LGBTQ issues but after COVID and the the governor's latest anti-gay campaign, Scott and the company had to pivot and adjust, becoming…

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#61, Amir Babayoff, Mixologist, Actor & Teacher 1:30:19

3M ago1:30:19

1:30:19

I was introduced to Amir a few years back by our mutual friend Oron Lerner, of Imperial Group in Tel Aviv. Amir came to New York decades ago to try his hand at acting, and began working in hospitality as a side hustle. Along the way he also worked as a special-education teacher, but he's now, in my opinion, one of the best mixologists in Manhattan,…

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep 167- Just Us...ragging on Madonna. Are we bad Queers? 56:40

4M ago56:40

56:40

Denise and JD discuss a bit of their week, including topics like "Old Lady New Years Eve", winter vacations, new shows we're into and JD's miserable night at the Madonna concert. Are we bad queers? To watch the show on our YouTube Channel, click this link.By The Rainbow Remix

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#60, Phil & Tony Sachs Eclipse Special! 1:49:00

3M ago1:49:00

1:49:00

I sat down yesterday with Philip Duff Show stalwart and drinks writer Tony Sachs to catch up, drink some of the colossal amount of booze he has in his apartment, and pre-game an event yesterday evening which saw New York bartending legend Brian Miller step back behind the bar. There's a celebrity rum-off, some tobala mezcal in a plastic water bottl…

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep 166- Spring Fever Lesbian Movies with Aria Velz 1:13:01

4M ago1:13:01

1:13:01

Denise and JD explore some Spring Time lesbian movies with Aria Velz, who always knows what's good. We also talked about oldies but goodies, some new stuff that's out now and worth seeing as well as lesbian shorts and queer film fests. To watch the conversation on our YouTube Channel, click this link.…

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#59, Jillian Vose, Hazel and Apple (Charleston), Outwalker Whiskey 55:48

4M ago55:48

55:48

Jillian's an old friend from her acclaimed days heading up storied New York cocktail bars such as Dead Rabbit, Death & Co, and Maison Premiere, to name but a few. She relocated to Charleston, South Carolina a while back to open her next project with Sean Muldoon, Hazel and Apple, so it was great to make time to meet up when we were both judging a b…

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep 165- SkirtSoFlo Magazine is in the House! 49:48

4M ago49:48

49:48

Denise and JD welcome the ladies of SkirtSoFlo Magazine, a physical and digital magazine focusing on the LGBTQ community in South Florida. The all new magazine is on its third issue, just launched in February. We discuss the need for it plus the decision to print AND have it online, as well. We also talk about the outreach and the community's invol…

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#58, Margarita Sader (Paradiso, Barcelona), Bianca Grisolia (BG Communications), Kaitlyn Stewart (Likeable Bartender) 2:09:12

4M ago2:09:12

2:09:12

Well, I couldn't pass up this opportunity! I was at the third and largest edition of the Paradiso Sustainability Summit in Barcelona recently, organised by #1 W50BB 2022 bar Paradiso, which brought together speakers and bars from around the planet to share best practises on sustainability for bars, and have a bit of fun into the bargain. Margarita …

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep. 164- Let's See how Nic's Oscar Picks Did! 35:19

4M ago35:19

35:19

Denise and JD have Nic Austin, our infamous Queer Cinephile from Denver back to see how he did with his Oscar predictions as they break down the winners and schmooze about the whole ceremony. Of course, we swerve around a bit but it's always good time! To watch the conversation on our YouTube Channel, click this link.…

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The Rainbow Remix - Bonus Show- Just Us Lesbians Out Here Talkin' Stuff 1:03:08

4M ago1:03:08

1:03:08

Denise and JD kill an hour catching up, talking about both of their recent NYC trips, street juice- the infamous mystery liquid on the streets of NY, the sites and foods of the city and traveling with your family! Watch this laugh fest on our YouTube Channel, click the link.By The Rainbow Remix

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#57 Agave Series 3 of 3: Sophie Decobecq, Agave Spirits Production Consultant & Founder, Calle 23 Tequila 1:27:41

4M ago1:27:41

1:27:41

(In my voiceover I say this is episode 2 of 3 for the Agave Series, but we swapped it with last week's episode, to coordinate with the release of The Tequila Ambassador V.O. book, so this - episode 2 - is now coming out 3rd in the series.) Sophie Decobecq is a force of nature: from Lille, France, she moved to South Africa to work on agave research …

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The Rainbow Remix - Ep 163- Dancin' Dan Watts of "Everybody Dance" is Here! 1:16:31

5M ago1:16:31

1:16:31

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, so JD and Denise welcome Daniel Watt, whose documentary film "Everybody Dance" is free this month on Amazon Prime. It focuses on an all inclusive dance school with some amazing kids living with neurodiversity's whose journey to the year end recital is documented along with all they've learned thr…

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#56 Agave Series 2 of 3: The Tequila Ambassador V.O., with Jesse Estes, Phil Bayly and Mitch Wilson. 2:02:34

5M ago2:02:34

2:02:34

I first met Tomas Estes, a West Coast American (who opened Europe’s first-ever Mexican restaurants starting in Amsterdam in 1976, and co-founded Tequila Ocho in 2008) almost twenty years ago. We last had dinner and drinks in Athens in December 2020. The Tequila Ambassador V.O.(link to preorder below) is the "director's cut" of Tomas' book The Tequi…

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep. 162- We're Talking Awards Season with Nic Austin 57:22

5M ago57:22

57:22

Denise and JD have a discussion with Nic Austin, our queer cinephile about the 2024 Awards season, from The Emmys to The Golden Globes to the SAG Awards- trends, fashion, topics, queerness, and of course, Nic's Oscar predictions and why. Of course, we had a major gaff when Denise realised she forgot to hit record, but we came back with a vengeance …

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#55 Agave Series 1 of 3: Danielle Tatarin, founder Mezcal Gotagorda, mixologist & entrepreneur. 1:36:41

5M ago1:36:41

1:36:41

This is the first in a mini-series of three about agave spirits and the people who make them. (The WiFi wasn’t great, so sound quality is a little echoey at times and there’s the occasional pause in dialogue when Zoom froze, but that’s how it goes when you’re a 4-hour drive from Oaxaca!) It was great to catch up with Dani, who I first met when she …

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#54, Damon Boelte, owner Grand Army Bar, founder The Speakeasy podcast, bartender 2:07:32

5M ago2:07:32

2:07:32

I sat down with the extravagantly-hatted Damon Boelte himself, founder of the longest-running bars & cocktails podcast The Speakeasy as well as owner of Grand Army bar in Brooklyn, musician, and bartender of decades standing. We talked about him going from never having worked in hospitality to being the bar manager in four weeks, did a Where Are Th…

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep. 161- Meet Suzi Fox from The Rainbow Stores 1:01:19

5M ago1:01:19

1:01:19

Denise and JD welcome Suzi Fox, owner of The Rainbow Stores dot com, where your Pride is your decision. Clothing, flags, trinkets and more are so perfectly loud or so perfectly subtle, depending on your personal mood, choice and identity. We talked about the reason behind those decisions, we talked about the state of world right now, what's happeni…

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#53 DNN Duff News Network! 57:03

5M ago57:03

57:03

Well, we did it all. Awards? 50 Best? Alternative agave? We got it all, and this was fun - plus discounts for awesome gin and the world's best spiced rum! Get in touch with Duff! Podcast business enquiries: consulting@liquidsolutions.org (PR friends: we’re only interested in having your client on if they can talk about OTHER things than their prepa…

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep. 160- The Evolution of Comedian Amy Tee 1:01:29

5M ago1:01:29

1:01:29

Denise and JD welcome out comedian Amy Tee from the New England area, who's honest self reflection in this chat is nothing short of inspiring. After years of battling addiction and mental health problems, Amy tells us how she's turned things around by always learning, trusting therapy, doing the work, having a support system and how building her co…

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#52, Sid Patel, founder of Beverage Trade Network and a TON of spirits contests worldwide 1:37:33

6M ago1:37:33

1:37:33

Sid's a fascinating chap; coming from a family background of East Coast (USA) liquor stores, he created Beverage Trade Network to operate spirits, wine and beer contests just about everywhere, as well as advise brands, all with the goal of helping brands market themselves and succeed in the marketplace. There's a lot of cold hard truth truth in thi…

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The Rainbow Remix- Ep 159- Hot Tips for Lesbian Valentine's Flicks! 52:11

6M ago52:11

52:11

JD and Denise have Aria Velz, otherwise known as The Critical Lesbian on the socials and a big lesbian media enthusiast, back on the show to give us a run down of the best lesbian rom com's and films for a low-key Valentine's Day date night with your honey. To watch this on our YouTube Channel, click this link.…

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